My aunt put all kinds of seasonings in the beef filling, added twenty egg whites, and stirred a bag of cigarettes in a clockwise direction, until the meat filling was pulled out of the shreds, and it was considered a success.

Some of the children pressed the basin, some held a rolling pin to stir, and they changed the work of the class, Zhixin and Zhiping, and they couldn't stir at all.

In less than twenty minutes, my arms were so tired that I was sore. Zhigao threw his arm and asked, "Grandma, do you have to stir beef mung bean balls tomorrow?"

The aunt looked at the children and shouted that their arms were sore, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the beef used for croquettes can be chopped into beef cubes, and there is no need to stir."

But the beef is chopped, and it's enough for you to work for a day. Yoyo has to help me tomorrow, let's grind mung bean flour. ”

Six children have more than 90 catties of beef, and one person has to chop 15 catties, which is indeed enough for them to work for a day.

I heard that the minced meat had to be chopped for a day, and the children were not afraid of being tired, and they all shouted that they were bored. Zhiping first said: "Tomorrow, let's show the video and watch "Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse". ”

Zhibin said: "Let's watch the English version, just follow the practice of speaking." ”

"Okay, that's it, I'll find it for you when I go back. "Great support.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, after the morning shift began at six o'clock, the patriotic uncle slaughtered the thirty pigs he had fed himself, bought another twenty alfalfa pigs, and slaughtered the fifty sheep he bought in the village.

In addition to the big fish I bought yesterday, these are all New Year's gifts prepared by myself. The things that were delivered to Kyoto were loaded into one truck, and the others were also sent out separately, so that the delivery truck from the village could carry them over.

Breakfast is really a water meatball, the beef filling that has been flooded overnight, completely flavorful, the meatballs made are particularly smooth and smooth, the children are addicted to eating, add some spinach and tender cabbage to the soup, and even have rice and vegetables.

Uncle and Aunt Hongying both did it, and the balls they made were enough for the family to eat. Even Zhiping ate two large bowls of meatballs, and finally drank more than half a bowl of soup, and then said contentedly: "Grandma, I chop the stuffing well, and we will eat beef meatballs tomorrow morning." ”

After breakfast, a few children started work, each with a chopping board, which was chopped open.

The video of "Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse" was broadcast, but the sound was turned to the maximum, but it was still blocked by the sound of chopping meat, but fortunately, there were English subtitles on the screen, and the children all read along, imitating the accent on TV, correcting each other's right and wrong, and the learning effect was very good.

The patriotic uncle helped his aunt and grandmother to transport the soaked mung bean yellow to the mill, and when they arrived, the second master had already put the donkey on it.

Youyou is responsible for filling the mung bean yellow into the grinding eye, and the uncle and grandmother collect the ground mung bean flour below.

The soaked mung bean yellow is scooped into the grinding eye with a long spoon, and if it is slow, you have to add a spoonful of water, and the wet powder left is swept to the outlet, and the bottom is followed by a bucket.

At first, it was nothing, but after a long time, I kept repeating simple and boring movements, and my hands were tired and my heart was even more tired.

My aunt and uncle saw that you were doing it casually, so she told her about the origin of beef and mung bean balls.

Beef and mung bean balls are a local specialty of the Yellow River beach area, with a long history, which has a production history of hundreds of years, and was once offered to the imperial court as a tribute.

In the past, the Yellow River was capricious and often flooded, and people in the beach area liked to plant mung beans with a relatively short growth period in order to live.

Mung bean has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, mung bean soup is a family standing summer drink, appetizing for all ages.

The pharmacological effects of mung bean are hypolipidemia, cholesterol, anti-allergic, antibacterial, anti-tumor, appetite enhancement, liver protection and kidney protection.

Traditional mung bean products include mung bean cake, mung bean wine, mung bean cake, mung bean paste, mung bean flour skin, etc.

Mung beans are rich in protein, the flour is delicate, and the croquettes with mung bean flour are rich in fragrance and fresh in taste. Mung bean balls are a must-have food for people here to celebrate the New Year.

The poor people fry mung bean balls, directly grind the mung beans into flour, add green onions, ginger and five-spice powder, salt and salt, mix them into a thick paste with warm water, and make them into balls and fry them in oil.

Wealthy families are more particular about fried mung bean balls, they first use mung beans to make wet powder, add beef, flour and seasonings, and slowly fry them in oil.

Beef mung bean balls are full of color and flavor, crispy, fragrant and delicious taste, and can be eaten dry, boiled in soup and hot pot. It also has a variety of medicinal and health care effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, refreshing the brain, facilitating stool and quenching thirst, stopping diarrhea and dysentery, lowering blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, improving microcirculation, and supplementing trace elements (such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, magnesium).

The key is that the mung bean balls made by this method are stored for a particularly long time, and they can be stored at room temperature until before the "three dogs", about half a year.

Beef mung bean balls, it is by virtue of this advantage that they are among the ranks of tribute and are loved by princes and nobles.

In all dynasties, the ploughing cattle were the main productive force and were protected by the laws of the state. Only the old, weak, sick and disabled ploughing cattle will be slaughtered.

During the Chinese New Year, pigs and sheep were slaughtered, but no cattle were slaughtered. Until now, it is rare to see beef sellers in the New Year market.

Therefore, only large families only fry beef mung bean balls during the Chinese New Year, and the poor people can't buy beef at all, so how can they fry beef mung bean balls.

In normal times, you may also encounter beef, but before the Chinese New Year, people are willing to make croquettes.

The only time my uncle and grandmother fried beef mung bean balls was also a coincidence, and my uncle and grandfather rushed to the New Year's fair and met a beef seller.

"This beef mung bean balls, ordinary people can't afford to fry them, and the mung beans can't be milled if they are soaked, at least ten catties. Ten catties of wet powder ground from mung beans, at least ten catties of flour must be added, and less beef will be twenty-five catties, how much oil does this consume. ”

Youyou was startled when he heard this: "Uncle, according to what you said, we can't fry three hundred catties of balls, when will it be blown up." ”

"At least one day, fried beef mung bean balls, the size can not be big, bigger than peanuts is just right, so that the fried meatballs, the inside is hollow, it tastes particularly crispy and refreshing, and the more you put it, the crispier it is. ”

The more you listen, the more greedy you become, but the wet powder is not in a hurry, and the grinding eyes are so big, you can only add them spoonful by spoonful.

The work of grinding and wetting powder is not heavy, but it is too boring to repeat an action for a long time.

Yoyo uses his consciousness to contact his brain and search for information about beef mung bean balls, which is similar to what his uncle and grandmother said, but it has been lost in later generations.

There are also people who have made it according to the records, but the labor requirements are too high, the labor and time are time-consuming, and the income is low, and the value of development is lost.

Until half past twelve at noon, Zhiru came over to call for dinner, and the soaked mung bean yellow had not been half ground.

After eating, they didn't dare to rest, and the two of them continued to work until six o'clock in the afternoon, when it was dark, and it was finally completed.